The
President also pointed to challenges and difficulties facing the province,
including unsustainable economic growth, income per capita remaining below the national
average, as well as socio-economic infrastructure yet to meet development
demand.

He requested
Thanh Hoa to concentrate on tapping its inner capacity and employ both domestic
and outside resources to fuel the economy towards sustainability.

He
recommended the province to facilitate enterprises to operate and strive to
make the local Nghi Son economic zone a key economic zone of the nation.

He also
lauded Thanh Hoa’s targets to become a fairly developed province by 2020 and basically
a modern industrial area by 2030.

The same
day, the President attended a ceremony to start construction of a coastal road
that will connect Sam Son town and the Nghi Son economic zone.

The
transport project has a total investment of nearly 1.5 trillion VND (65.74
million USD).